2Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.


In Context

1 "Now, son of man, take a clay tablet, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.

2 Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.

3 Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 "Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.

Ezekiel 4:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set [battering] rams against it round about.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round about it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:2and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it round about.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:2and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mount against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it on every side.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.